Union recognizes C. K. Overstreet as Patrol Officer of Month
The HPOU honored Officer C. K. Overstreet as Patrol Officer of the Month at the November general membership meeting. Officer Overstreet was issued a “cool car” (an undercover vehicle) because North...
View ArticleThe 5th Annual HPOU Family Picnic drew a record crowd Of bouncing...
The dedicated planners of the Fifth Annual HPOU Family Picnic really knew how to draw a crowd. The Saturday extravaganza on Nov. 12 drew a record number of HPD officers and their families to partake of...
View ArticleIt might take a third oak tree but North Patrol will once again dedicate the...
On Monday, Jan. 30 – 42 years to the day Officer Johnny Terrell Bamsch, 27, died in the line of duty – a special memorial will be rededicated to his memory at the North Patrol substation at 9455 West...
View ArticleThe Dream Hunt: Jorge Gomez’ son Clint takes down hunting trophies like...
We now know without a doubt that Clint Gomez has some Clint Eastwood in him. While that one Clint always got his man as “Dirty Harry,” the younger Clint – the son and obvious pride of HPD Officer Jorge...
View ArticleHPOU Scholarship Commitment Letter
Scholarship Commitment Letter I, , commit to use the scholarship money awarded to me by the Houston Police Officers’ Union, towards my...
View ArticleHPOU Scholarship Application
2017 HPOU Scholarship Application NAME__________________________________________ Last First Middle Initial...
View ArticleHPOU Scholarship Instructions
2017 HPOU Scholarship Instructions/Application To qualify for a scholarship, a student must: Be a dependent of an active or retired member in good standing with the HPOU Be a high school senior who...
View ArticleThis year’s HPOU Scholarship topic addresses proper student reaction when...
The topic of this year’s HPOU Scholarship essay prompts applicants to present opinions about how students should conduct themselves when stopped by police. Officially, the essay question is: Texas...
View ArticleEditorial: The big HPD history question still being asked: Can a chief from...
Time to count ‘em and do some numbers. Chiefs of the Houston Police Department have been appointed since 1901. Over that 115-year period 34 individuals have served as the so-called “top cop,” not...
View ArticleHPOU 2017 Scholarship Information
It is that time of year again, the HPOU is releasing the 2017 scholarship applications. If you are a dependent of an active or retired member in good standing with the HPOU please submit an application...
View ArticleMinutes of the January 5 Membership Meeting
OPENING Ray Hunt called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then a prayer. MEETING DEDICATION Randy Upton then read the meeting dedication for Officer Guy Gaddis who was killed in...
View ArticleBadge/Shield Vote Information
Voting open now through January 20, 2017 – 0600. Click here to vote. The post Badge/Shield Vote Information appeared first on Houston Police Officers Union.
View ArticleEarl Musick: HPD’s Family of History
In May of 1979, American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. released a hit song Family Tradition. While listening to the song, I started thinking about some police officers in the Houston Police...
View ArticleIf you don’t already know the HPD ‘secret,’ Wagner’s running for mayor of...
If the Jeff Wagner secret hadn’t made it past the proverbial water cooler, it’s out there now in the broad open daylight of Rumorville. Wagner, a 33-year senior police officer, has been knocking on an...
View ArticleUnion honors Patrol Officers Sweet and Schlottmann
On May 28, Officers J. Sweet and D. Schlottmann were assigned to IAH in Terminal C. Both officers were inside the HPD Terminal C checkpoint box, located at 3500 N. Terminal Rd. At 1949 hours, the...
View ArticleHPOU honors Carmona and Calabro as Investigators of the Month
The HPOU honored Officers Alex Carmona and Carol Calabro as Investigators of the Month in the December general membership meeting. Here’s why: Throughout the months of August and September, a series of...
View ArticleMark Clark’s tribute to Kirk Munden
On Thursday, Dec. 1, in the late afternoon, I received word, like many others, that retired HPD Executive Assistant Chief Kirk Munden had suffered a critical head injury in his home earlier in the day....
View ArticleChief Munden climbed the HPD administrative ladder, Never forgetting needs of...
For the record, Kirk Munden, who had retired several years ago as one of HPD’s executive assistant chiefs, will go down as an administrator who never forgot who he was and where he came from. He was a...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to HPOU Members from Mayor Sylvester Turner
I know 2016 was a difficult year for City employees. In the first half of the year there was worry about the budget and the possible loss of jobs. Then there was the uncertainty about the future of...
View ArticleOfficer Gomez and his family receive another blessing: An expedited taxidermy...
The law enforcement family extends outside Houston and to the far reaches of Texas. Those men and women with badges and guns – who protect the people 24 hours every day – stick together when the...
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